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- Isn't OpenSCAD's limited (non-Turing complete) language a feature?by adastra22
- Awesome! I use both OpenSCAD and BOSL2, looking forward to test it!by hegjon
- Honest question here -- for doing 3D parametric design, is the "programmatic" approach a good thing? If you compare doing a design in LuaCAD to something like Solidworks or ProE, can you get to the end result faster, and easier?by vrinsd
- Is it able to access the file system and write/read files?
I've been doing that via PythonSCAD for my current project https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview and it might be interesting to do a re-write in another language.
by WillAdams - Love it! OpenSCAD has very painful syntax. Is it possible to easily do bevels/chamfers or does it have the same limitations as OpenSCAD there?by manny_rat
- A scripting engine is a great feature in cad, you should be proud of your achievement. The reason I'm not personally interested is that i used lisp in AutoCAD in the 00s. What i like most about lua is that it's not php. It's a sane choice, but insipid.by psd1
- Really interesting! I actually use freecad so I'm use to that layer of the process but I'll check this out. Also good to see the work being done in modeling software these daysby tolugenius
- Does this have a web-based playground? I find https://www.pythonscad.org/playground/ to be nice to try out the project.by fhn